Bandits kill nine in two LGAs in Kaduna

A security update by the Kaduna State Government has revealed that bandits have killed nine people in Birnin Gwari and Giwa local government areas of the state.

A statement issued by the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed that the armed bandits barricaded the Dogon Dawa-Kuyello road, after Ungwan Gajere village of Birnin Gwari LGA, and shot six people dead.

The statement gave the name of the deceased persons as Nura Rufai, Sanusi Gajere, Yakubu Labbo, Usman Dangiwa, Alhaji Abdulhamid and Janaidu Tsalhatu.

“Similarly, at Ungwan Maje, also of Birnin Gwari LGA, armed bandits shot and killed two persons Haruna Dotu and Hamisu Mohammad.

The statement said armed bandits also attacked Kwama village in Giwa LGA and killed one Nasiru Rufai after he resisted an attempt to kidnap him.

“Governor Nasiru El-Rufai noted the report with sadness, and prayed for the repose of the souls of those slain, while sending condolences to their families, he declared.

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